Combination-trousers.



W. H. FARLEY. COMBINATION TROUSERS.

. APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1905. 923,345.

Patented June 1, 1909.

view of one of the arren snares PATENT orrron WILLIAM H. FARLEY, OF LYNOHBURG, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF FORTY-NINE ONE-HUN- DREDTHS TO EDWARD G. SIGGERS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

COI /IEIN'ATION-TBQUSERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application filed July 19, 1905. Serial No. 270A.

. To all whom it may concern:

useful Combination-Trousers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in trousers.

The object of the, present invention is to improve the construction of trousers, more especially the manner of forming the cuff at the bottom of the leg, and to provide a pair of trousers having a cuff adapted to be arranged either exteriorly or interiorly of the leg of the trousers without varying the length of the latter, whereby the trousers may be used with a cuff in summer and without the cuff in winter.

A further object of my invention is to provide a cuff which, when folded within the leg to conceal it, will enable the trousers to resent a smooth exterior appearance unbro en by either a seam or a line of stitching around the leg at the point of attachment of the cuff.

Another object of the invention is to save material in the construction of the cud, and to provide a thin cuff in which only two thicknesses of material extend below the hem seam and in which ,the edge of the materiifal will be concealed within the folds of the on With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and ointed out in the claims hereto appended; 1t emg understood that various 0 anges in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, out departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

in the drawin z-Figure l is a perspective view of one of the legs of a pair of trousers provided with a cuff, constructed in accordance with this invention, and arranged exteriorly of the leg. longitudinal sectional view of one side of the leg, the and being arranged as shown in hig. 1. Fl 3 is a similar view, the cuif being may be resorted to with-' Fig. 2 is an enlarged concea ed within the leg. Fig. 4.- is a plan ieces of the leg, showing the same before f0 ding, and illustrating the lines on which the material is folded to form t the cuff.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing. 7/

1 designates one of the legs of a pair of l trousers provided with a reversible end 2, which is adapted to be worn either exteriorly of the leg, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, or interiorly of the leg, as shown in Fig. 3, to enabie the leg to present the appearance of the leg of an ordinary pair of cuffless trousers. The leg of the trousers is provided with a sulhcient extension of material to form the end, the extension being doubled to provide a fold and the fold being doubled to provide an inner fold or lining. The mal terial is measured ofi to the line 3, which, bet fore foldin is the length of the finished trousers. The material is then folded-on the line 4 and laid back on the trousers a distance less than the width of the cud 2, substantially equal to one-half the width of the same, and

the material is then folded and extended downward the entire width of the cuff, and is folded inward or upward on the line 5, which marks the bottom of the end, a distance substantiall equal to one-half the width of the cufi', a s ight excess or extension of the material being provided at the edge 6 to enable the same tobe felled to the leg within the folds of the end at the line l. The seam is provided at the oint where the leg joins the cuff, and which 15 the pivot point on which the cufi'turns when it is turned inside or out. it will be seen that the combined length of the u ward and inward folds is substantially equa to the width of the cuff. The edge of the material is concealed within the folds of the cud, so that the bottom of the trousers both inside and outside will present a smooth appearance and not the rough edge present in the ordinary trousers. @f course, it Wlll be understood that the edge of the material may be secured within the folds of the end by any suitable means, and the material of the cuff may be cemented or otherwise secured together if desired. The attachment of the edge of the material to the leg of the trousers is along the center or median line of the cud at the inner side thereof the attached portion of the and forming a. pivot, on which the end is,adapted to turn to arrangeit either interiorly or exteriorly of the leg. The cud is 'turn it within the leg and press out the crease,

and the trousers at the bottom will present the smooth exterior of an ordinary pair of trousers.

The cuff of the present invention has only two thicknesses of material, and as the materialis folded backward only one-half the length of the cuff at the top thereof, it will be apparent that there is a great saving of vmaterial over the formation of the ordinary cuff, in which the'material is folded back the entire length. of the cuff. The ordinary cufi is composed of inner and outer portions the entire width of the cuff, and it is also provided with a bottom inturned portion corresponding to the inturned portion 7, which forms the lower half of the inner side or portion of the cuff of the present invention. Also by forming the cuff as herein shown and described, the trousers are made much thinner and lighter at the bottom than with the or-v dinary cuff.

In one aspect of the case, my invention comprehends atrousers leg having its bottom portion formed with an inward fold, the lower portion of which is fastened to the interior of the trousers, and the upper portion of said fold being loose to project below the fastened portion of said fold when said fold is reversed and turned up on the exterior of the trousers.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Trousers having legs provided with cuffs at their bottoms, each'cuff having an upward fold laid back upon the leg and of a length equal to one half the width of the cuff, and a downward fold of the entire width of the cuff, and an inward fold of a length equal to one halfthe width of the cufi and having the edge properly secured, whereby.

only two thicknesses of material extend below the hem seam.

2. A trousers leg provided at its. lower end with an integral cutl', centrally connected to the bottom of the leg and adapted to be turned inte'riorly or exteriorly of the same without varying the length of thesaid leg.

3. Atrousers leg provided at the bottom 7 with a cuff having an'iipward fold laid back upon theleg and. of alength less than the width of the as, and a downward fold the entire Width of the cuff, and an inward fold having the edge properly secured at the point where the leg joins the cuff.

' 4. A trousers leg having an'extension at the bottom, said extension being doubled to provide a fold, said fold being doubled to provide an inner fold 'or lining, said inner fold or lining being secured to the inner surface of the first-mentioned fold at the point where the leg joins the cuff,'said folds forming a cuff connected at a point between its side edges to the bottom of the trousers leg and adapted to be folded either within or without the trousers leg.

5. A trousers leg provided with an integral reversible cuff adapted to be turned interiorly or exteriorly of the same to form either plain or cuff trousers, said cuff having an upward fold laid back upon the leg and of a length less than the Width of the cuff, and a downward fold the entire width of the cuff,

and an inward fold having the edge secured within the cuff, whereby it is adapted to be turned either inside or out without creasing it, the combined length of the said upward and inward folds being of a length su bstantially equal to the length of the downward fold.

6. A trousers leg provided with an integral cuff adapted to be turned interiorly or exteriorly of the same to form either plain or cuff trousers, said cuff having an upward fold laid back upon the leg and of a length less than the width of the cufi, and a downward fold the entire width of the cuff, and an inward fold havingthe edge properly secured by a seam at the point where the leg joins the cuff, whereby only two thicknesses of material extend below the seam ineither position of the cuff, the combined length of the said upward and inward folds being substantially equal to the length of the downward fold.

7. A trousers leg provided at the'bottom with a cliff having an upward fold laid back upon the leg and of a length less than the width of the cuff, and a downward fold the entire width of the cuff, and an inward fold having the upper edge secured by a seam to the leg bottom at the point where the leg joins the cuff, whereby only two thicknesses of material extend below the seam.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoingas my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. FARLEY.

Witnesses: JOHN H. Sreenns, S. GEORGE TA'rE. 

